Letters to the Editor

Sense of pride

Dear Editor, I was filled with a sense of pride on Saturday, September 26, when I witnessed the Guyana Defence Force on a route march along the East Coast of Demerara.

Cricket is too important to be used as a proverbial football

Dear Editor, Mr Barton of the East Coast Cricket Board, in a recent retort to my suggestion that cricket clubs on the East Coast be told the truth, claimed that the East Coast Cricket Board and the East Coast Demerara Cricket Association are two names belonging to the same board and that the names are being used “interchangeably.”

Did Bravo and Pollard deserve their banishment?

Dear Editor, Since no one with the required information will explain why Bravo and Pollard are pariahs of WI one-day cricket, I will speculate publicly about the reason or reasons, and pose the question, whether they deserve their banishment.

Where will the checks and balances be in a national unity government?

Dear Editor, Last week I wrote on national uni-ty. The gravamen of my contention was expressed thus: “Though they may number in the hundreds, if not thousands, not one of those chanting the mantra of ‘national unity’, at least as far as I can recall, has taken the time and energy to articulate in a document for public scrutiny, what this concept connotes, how it can be achieved and how will it manifest itself practically, pragmatically and politically.”

A strange society

Dear Editor, This is a strange society; it is strange to the point of being upside down on several fronts.

We need to aim for high standards

Dear Editor, I have just returned to Guyana for the fourth time in ten years and as usual I am regularly asked the proverbial question, “So what do you think about Guyana?”

The end to the neglect of Linden came in 1992

Dear Editor, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Audwyn Rutherford during his 2015 Budget speech in the National Assembly of Guyana made the following remarks: “Budget 2015 brings an end to the neglect of Linden”.

Why are remittances sent and what are they used for?

Dear Editor, Further to my SN letter of September 21(‘Remittances are responsible for about 17% of GDP’), I would like to conclude the discussion of remittances by looking at two issues: why do migrants send remittances back home, and how do recipients use the remittances they receive?

Teachers are not adequately trained

Dear Editor, The Chief Education Officer, Mr Olato Sam in a recent address to stakeholders in education is reported to have asserted that “…the weaknesses we see in the children are a reflection of our teachers’ failings.”

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